A mistakenly released CMS report contradicts the White House's call for minimum nursing home staffing levels, indicating raising them provided few benefits for high operational cost increases.
Nursing home staffing shortages are making it difficult for hospitals to discharge elderly patients and free up beds, a new report warns.
The CPSC has voted to put in place new mandatory guidelines for adult portable bed rails, to prevent suffocation and entrapment risks.
A group of specialists are urging Congress to put in place more stringent measures in U.S. nursing homes to prevent the spread of nursing home infections.
A new study finds that walking programs in hospitals can prevent older patients from needing nursing home care and admission.
The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals have the right to sue state-owned nursing homes in a wrongful death lawsuit over the alleged use of chemical restraints which allegedly led…
A new study finds that nursing home falls and bedsores are often underreported to the government agency charged with rating nursing homes.
A letter from 18 state attorneys general calls for the CMS to require more transparency of ownership of for-profit nursing home facilities.
An investigation into illnesses in nursing homes led to the revelation of an Artificial Tears eye drops infection outbreak and the resulting recalls, according to a new report.
A new study urges the federal government to more heavily consider complaints from residents in its Nursing Home Care rating system.
